4.3% ▼ -64.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Quaama · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Quaama
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Labourers make up the largest work group at 19.1% in Quaama. The area has a small workforce, with only 45.6% of adults working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure. This low activity is mirrored in full-time employment, which is also well below the state average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Fewer than half of adults (45.6%) are working or looking for work, a figure far below the Australian average. While full-time employment is well below state levels at 54.5%, the unemployment rate is 4.3%, which is about the same as the national figure.
45.6% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.1%
- 2016: 48.4%
- 2021: 45.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.5% ▲ +18.2%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.2%
- 2016: 50.4%
- 2021: 54.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 13.6%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 11.8% and construction at 10.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common occupation at 19.1%. Managers and professionals both make up 18.2% of the workforce, while clerical and administrative roles account for 15.5%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Quaama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13298/quaama/topic/employment